Foot-rest



(No Model.)

J. W. PA-TB'RSON-i' FOOT REST.

PatentedAug. 8, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. PATERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS dzWESTLAKE COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,752, dated August8, 1893.

Application tiled November 9. 1891- Serial No. 411.279- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. PATERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests, of which thefollowing is a specification,ret'erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My device is shown as applied to car-seats though it is applicable toother similar situations in which the foot-rest attached to anyparticular seat is to be used by the occupant immediately behind.

The object of my invention is to provide for the ready adjustment of theheight of the foot-rest by the user.

In the drawings: Figure 1 shows two carseats in cross-section to whichmy improved foot-rest is attached. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of thefoot-rest itself on a larger scale than it is shown in Fig. 1. the seatand the foot-rest as seen from the rear.

A is the bar, extending the length of the car-seat, upon which the footis supported. It is connected to the seat by arms B, B, rigidly fastenedat each end of the bar A and pivoted to the seat-frame.

At the lower side of the bar A is a shaft 0 which has a bearing at eachend in the arms B and is provided with a pawl D at one or both ends.

Fig. 3 shows a portion of Formed upon, or attached to, the frame of theseat is an are E provided with a series of notches e in which the pawlsD may engage. Upon the shaft 0 is also secured rigidly an arm F whichprojects sufficiently from the lower surface of the bar B to afford ahold for the toe. The pawls D are counter-weighted by their projectingends (1 (or they may be projected by springs as equivalents for saidcounter weights) so that they willnormally be in position to engage withthe ratchet teeth e, but if it be desired to lower the foot-rest, thedepression of the arm F by the toe will release the pawls so that thefoot-rest is freed. The pawls D and ratchet E offer no resistance to theraising of the foot-rest but hold it socurely in any desired position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is asfollows:

In a car seat, the combination of upright segment-racks one at each endof the seat, a foot rest extending between said racks, pivoted armssecured to the ends of said rest, a shaft journaled in said arms, pawlson the ends of said shaft engaging said racks, and a toe piece forrotating said shaft, substantially as set forth.

JAMES W. PATERSON.

Witnesses:

WARD W. WILLrrs,

WM. S. ESTELL.

